لَقَد نالَ إسماعيل بِالصدق ما طَلَبْ

لَقَد نالَ إسماعيل بِالصدق ما طَلَبْ

وَفازَ بِما يَرجو مِن السَبق وَالرتبْ

وَفازَ بِما يَرجو مِن السَبق وَالرتبْ

Ismail has indeed attained, through honesty, what he sought.

Ismail has truly gained through honesty what he sought

And won the precedence and ranks he hoped for.

And attained what he wished for in precedence and rank

وَأَدرك بِالحَزم الَّذي شاعَ ذكرُه

وَأَدرك بِالحَزم الَّذي شاعَ ذكرُه

مَناصبَ عَنها كُلّ شَهمٍ قَد اِحتَجَب

مَناصبَ عَنها كُلّ شَهمٍ قَد اِحتَجَب

And through resolve whose renown had spread, he attained

And reached with his renowned wisdom

Offices from which every noble man had withdrawn.

Positions from which every ambitious one held back

وَفي دَولة الصَدر المعظم قَد سَما

وَفي دَولة الصَدر المعظم قَد سَما

كَما رامَ فَوقَ النيِّرين بِذا السَبب

كَما رامَ فَوقَ النيِّرين بِذا السَبب

And under the exalted grand vizier's rule, he rose,

And during the rule of the Greatest Vizier he rose high

As he wished, above the two luminaries, by this means.

As he desired above the two rivers for that reason

وَأَينَ سَعى فَالخَصب حَولَ رِكابه

وَأَينَ سَعى فَالخَصب حَولَ رِكابه

يَدور عَلى أَرض الأَعاجم وَالعَرَب

يَدور عَلى أَرض الأَعاجم وَالعَرَب

And wherever he travels, abundance around his mounts

And wherever he set out, prosperity circled his feet

Circulates over the land of non-Arabs and Arabs.

Revolving around the lands of the non-Arabs and Arabs

وَذَلِكَ فَضل اللَه يُؤتيه مَن يَشا

وَذَلِكَ فَضل اللَه يُؤتيه مَن يَشا

مِن الناس في عَصر المَسرّة وَالطَرَب

مِن الناس في عَصر المَسرّة وَالطَرَب

And that is God's bounty, which He grants to whomever He wills

And that is the grace of God which He gives to whom He wills

Among humankind, in an age of gladness and delight.

Among people in an age of joy and music

فَلا زالَ طُول الدَهر في مَصر راقياً

فَلا زالَ طُول الدَهر في مَصر راقياً

عَلى سائر الأَقران ما شكره وَجَب

عَلى سائر الأَقران ما شكره وَجَب

So may he rise in Egypt for all time,

So he remained elevated in Egypt for the length of time

Above all his peers, as long as thanks to him are due,

Above all peers, as gratitude warranted

وَما قالَ مَجدي في التَهاني مُؤرخاً

وَما قالَ مَجدي في التَهاني مُؤرخاً

بَشائر إسماعيل باشا هيَ الأَرَب

بَشائر إسماعيل باشا هيَ الأَرَب

And as long as Majdi says in congratulations, marking the date:

And Majdi did not speak falsely in congratulations recording

"Ismail Pasha's glad tidings are the object of desire."

The good tidings of Ismail Pasha being the most wondrous